What shoes should you wear to an outdoor wedding?
Block heels, wedges, or dressy flats - anything with surface area under the heel. Stilettos sink into grass.
The physics: a stiletto concentrates your weight on a square centimeter and goes straight into lawn, gravel, or sand. The solutions in order of formality: block heels (the standard answer, stable on everything short of beach), wedges (best for full-grass venues), and elegant flats or heeled sandals with a wide base (fully safe and now completely accepted at cocktail level). Heel caps - small plastic widenings that slip over a slim heel - are the budget fix that saves a stiletto on grass. For beach ceremonies, dressy flat sandals or barefoot-if-invited are the norm; never closed shoes that fill with sand. Men have it easier: loafers or derbies with rubber soles handle any terrain; just avoid suede anywhere near dew or damp.